Dork Hunters From Outer Space

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  • 2008
  • 22 min

Dork Hunters From Outer Space is a sci-fi comedy movie which premiered in 1988. It was directed and written by Fred Olen Ray, and produced by a team consisting of David DeCoteau, Peter Liapis, and Brian Robbins. The movie's main cast featured Gary Martin, Michelle Bauer, and Tom Shell. The story takes place in a small town where three alien dorks, Zzyk, Berek, and Shyyra, arrive with a mission to capture human dorks. They are disguised as normal teenagers, dressed in 80s-style clothes and talking like Valley Girls. The leader of the aliens, Zzyk, communicates with their home planet using a candy dispenser that emits a hologram. The aliens are equipped with special ray guns that can turn their targets into dust.

The main human characters are two high school students, Fred and Laura. Fred is a dork who is passionate about science fiction movies and comic books. He dreams of being a superhero and having adventures in outer space. Laura is his best friend, who is a beautiful cheerleader and has a crush on Fred, but is too shy to admit it. She also helps Fred to hide his nerdy side from their classmates.

Things start to get complicated when the three alien dorks land on Earth and attend the same high school as Fred and Laura. Zzyk, Berek, and Shyyra start to scan the students in search of dorks, and Fred quickly becomes a target. The aliens are amazed by Fred's knowledge of science fiction and comic books, but they aren't interested in Laura, as they don't consider cheerleaders to be intelligent enough to be dorks.

As the aliens start to pursue Fred, he realizes that he has to stop them before they can capture any of his fellow dorks. He enlists the help of Laura, who is skeptical at first, but eventually agrees to assist him. They soon discover that the aliens aren't just looking for dorks, but have a nefarious plan to take over the Earth using mind control.

Together, Fred and Laura recruit a group of other dorks, including a geeky computer whiz and a nerdy math genius, to help them stop the alien invasion. They come up with a plan to infiltrate the alien spaceship and destroy their mind control devices. In a final showdown, the dorks face off against the alien dorks in a battle to save the planet.

Dork Hunters From Outer Space is a fun and quirky movie that plays with the conventions of sci-fi and teen comedies. The special effects are cheesy but charming, and the performances from the cast are over-the-top and entertaining. The movie has a lot of heart, particularly in its portrayal of Fred as a lovable underdog who finds the strength to stand up to bullies, both human and alien.

Overall, Dork Hunters From Outer Space is a cult classic that will appeal to fans of 80s sci-fi movies and teen comedies. It's a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, but still manages to tell a compelling story with plenty of laughs and heart. If you're looking for a wacky and fun movie to watch with friends, Dork Hunters From Outer Space is definitely worth checking out.

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Description
  • Release Date
    2008
  • Runtime
    22 min